hop

Meaning

Noun

1. A short jump.
2. A jump on one leg.
3. A short journey, especially in the case of air travel, one that takes place on a private plane.
4. (figuratively, informal) A brief period of development or progress.
5. (US) A bounce, especially from the ground, of a thrown or batted ball.
6. (UK, US, dated, slang) A dance; a gathering for the purpose of dancing.
7. The sending of a data packet from one host to an adjacent host as part of its overall journey.

Verb

1. (intransitive) To jump a short distance.
2. (intransitive) To jump on one foot.
3. (intransitive) To be in state of energetic activity.
4. (transitive) To suddenly take a mode of transportation that one does not drive oneself, often surreptitiously.
5. (transitive) To jump onto, or over
6. (in-compounds, intransitive, usually) To move frequently from one place or situation to another similar one.
7. (informal, intransitive) To go in a quick or sudden manner.
8. (informal) To dance.
9. (obsolete) To walk lame; to limp.

Verb

1. (transitive) To impregnate with hops, especially to add hops as a flavouring agent during the production of beer
2. (intransitive) To gather hops.

Synonyms

jump

leap

skip

spring

bound

bounce

vault

dance

💃

gambol

hops

jig

frisk

caper

limp

jump over

dancing

prance

jump up

romp

hobble

record hop

journey

cavort

trip

jump about

hop-skip

hopping

spring up

saltation

limping

shindig

travel

go past

go off

corroboree

get up

contortion

gallop

frolic

commute

leapfrog

junket

flit

come by

bell boy

jump off

exceed

duck

🦆

intoxication

dive

Translations

houblon

luppolo

Hopfen

lúpulo

sautiller

brincar

saltellare

hüpfen

hop

saltar

lúpulo

saltare

huppelen

sauter

Pronounced as (IPA)

/hɒp/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: hoppen

Inherited from Old English: hoppian

Cognate with Dutch: hoppen

Cognate with German: hopfen

Cognate with Swedish: hoppa

Cognate with Icelandic: hoppa

Inherited from Middle English: hoppe

Cognate with German: Hopfen

Cognate with French: houblon

In summary

From Middle English hoppen, from Old English hoppian (“to hop, spring, leap, dance”), from Proto-West Germanic *huppōn, from Proto-Germanic *huppōną (“to hop”), from Proto-Indo-European *kewb- (“to bend, bow”).
Cognate with Dutch hoppen (“to hop”), German hopfen, hoppen (“to hop”), Danish hoppe (“to hop, leap, jump”), Swedish hoppa (“to hop, leap, jump”), Icelandic hoppa (“to hop, skip”).